Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.1, and possibly other versions, preserves some records of user activity even after uninstalling, which allows local users who share a Windows profile to view the records after a new installation of Firefox, as reported for the list of Passwords Never Saved web sites. NOTE: The vendor has disputed this issue, stating that "The uninstaller is primarily there to uninstall the application. It is not there to uninstall user data. For the moment I will stick by my module-owner decision.
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20 Nov 2024, 23:53
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References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431021/100/0/threaded - | |
References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431063/100/0/threaded - | |
References | () https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=234680 - | |
References | () https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=330884 - |
07 Nov 2023, 01:57
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Summary | Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.1, and possibly other versions, preserves some records of user activity even after uninstalling, which allows local users who share a Windows profile to view the records after a new installation of Firefox, as reported for the list of Passwords Never Saved web sites. NOTE: The vendor has disputed this issue, stating that "The uninstaller is primarily there to uninstall the application. It is not there to uninstall user data. For the moment I will stick by my module-owner decision. |
Information
Published : 2004-12-31 05:00
Updated : 2024-11-20 23:53
NVD link : CVE-2004-2657
Mitre link : CVE-2004-2657
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2004-2657
JSON object : View
Products Affected
mozilla
- firefox
CWE